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Spokane Creek: well depth, groundwater and water rights

What the public record says about water in Spokane Creek: how deep wells go, where the water table sits, what wells produce, which water rights are on file, and which documented environmental sites are nearby. Area statistics orient you; a property report analyzes the records around one specific parcel.

Updated September 2026 · Based on 358 public records from MBMG GWIC, Montana DNRC, US Census (place boundary)

Wells on record

174

10.1 per sq mi

Median well depth

176 ft

half of wells 95–255 ft

Median static water level

52 ft

164 measurements

Median tested yield

20 gpm

173 pump tests

Well depth

How deep are wells in Spokane Creek?

Of 174 wells with a recorded total depth, the median is 176 feet. Half were drilled between 95 and 255 feet; one in ten went deeper than 364 feet and one in ten found water shallower than 60 feet. Depth is set by local geology and position on the landscape, both of which change over short distances, so the spread matters as much as the median.

under 50 ft
6%
50–100 ft
21%
100–200 ft
34%
200–300 ft
21%
300–500 ft
17%
500 ft and deeper
1%

Static water level

52 ft

median depth to water at rest · half between 21 and 100 ft

The static level is how far below ground the water stands before pumping, measured by the driller at completion. It affects pump setting and operating cost, and it moves with season and with neighbouring use.

Well yield

20 gpm

median tested yield · half between 15 and 30 gpm

5% of tested wells produced under 5 gallons per minute and 62% produced 20 or more. These are short completion tests, not sustained-capacity tests; a household typically needs 3 to 5 gpm with storage.

Drilling activity

Recent well drilling in Spokane Creek

21 wells have been completed here since 2016. The newest log on file was completed October 25, 2024. Records run back to 1870.

What the wells are for

  • Domestic165
  • Stockwater8
  • Irrigation3
  • Public Water Supply2

How they were drilled

  • Rotary147
  • Cable8
  • Forward Rotary3
  • Air Rotary2

Drillers filing well logs in Spokane Creek

  • H & L Drilling Inc11 since 2016 · 2024
  • A-10 Drilling8 since 2016 · 2022
  • Treasure State Drilling18 all-time · 2007
  • Lindsay Drilling Co Inc15 all-time · 2006
  • H And L Drilling4 all-time · 2010
  • Jerome & Okeefe Drilling Co3 all-time · 1978

Ranked by well logs filed with GWIC, public record only. Not an endorsement, a referral or a paid listing; we have no business relationship with these companies. Verify licensing with the Montana Board of Water Well Contractors before hiring.

Water rights

Water rights on file in Spokane Creek

Montana DNRC lists 184 water rights with a point of diversion inside this area: 139 groundwater and 45 surface water, 182 of them active. The median priority date is 2001, and the oldest claim dates to 1852.

Types of right

  • Ground Water Certificate129
  • Statement Of Claim52
  • Exempt Notice3

Purposes

  • Domestic61
  • Stock37
  • Domestic; Lawn And Garden28
  • Irrigation20
  • Lawn And Garden; Domestic8

DNRC basins

  • 41I184

Area totals describe the neighbourhood, not any one parcel. Montana publishes no authoritative link between a parcel and a water right; whether a right attaches to a specific property is a property-level question that our reports answer with the DNRC abstract linked.

Aquifers and geology

What wells in Spokane Creek draw from

Drillers record the aquifer a well is completed in. The units below account for the wells here that carry an aquifer assignment; the median depth beside each is for wells completed in that unit.

  • Sediments (tertiary)12 wells · 86% · median 51 ft

Aquifer assignments are the driller's, recorded at completion, and many older logs carry none. Absence of an assignment is not evidence about the geology.